I am so excited. I know, I said I wanted a Greek Tortoise, but I just couldn't wait any longer. I took a closer look at Star Tortoise and really fell in love with them. 
So I decided to get a Star Tortoise first (who knows, maybe I'll get a Greek Tortoise later, maybe not).
Anyways, I picked "him" up today and I am totally in love with "him". I bought him off a website who had posted pictures and I chose him because he was putting out his head in the pictures, unlike the other stars (and I liked his pretty shell).
I'm very excited but also scared that he might die. I don't want to do any major mistakes, so when I post pictures and tell about "him" feel free to give me tips, correct me or criticize!
I'm not sure where the tortoise came from, but since I'm in Thailand, I'd assume he's a wild caught (?). The seller said he should be about 7 months old. He is almost 2 inch (tiny!), so that sounds about right? (or not? Anyway, he does look like a baby!)
When I put him into his enclosure, he crawled into his hide and slept in there. I thought he wouldn't move at all today. I soaked him anyways and tried to feed him some greens. He barely ate and I was already worried, but left him be. When I went to look a little later he was munching his greens. So I sat down to watch him and he went into his hide. Grml. So I left again and 5 mins later was over his greens again. So mean, I want to watch.
Sorry for the rant, but I just had to tell someone. Now here are some pictures:
These are the pictures from the seller (the ones written "No. 2" on them).
You can see grim little faces on his plastron. I see three (a Skullface in the middle!). Also a reason I picked him.
The last three are pics I took.
I'll post more and better pictures, but didn't want to stress the little guy too much today.
So I decided to get a Star Tortoise first (who knows, maybe I'll get a Greek Tortoise later, maybe not).Anyways, I picked "him" up today and I am totally in love with "him". I bought him off a website who had posted pictures and I chose him because he was putting out his head in the pictures, unlike the other stars (and I liked his pretty shell).
I'm very excited but also scared that he might die. I don't want to do any major mistakes, so when I post pictures and tell about "him" feel free to give me tips, correct me or criticize!
I'm not sure where the tortoise came from, but since I'm in Thailand, I'd assume he's a wild caught (?). The seller said he should be about 7 months old. He is almost 2 inch (tiny!), so that sounds about right? (or not? Anyway, he does look like a baby!)
When I put him into his enclosure, he crawled into his hide and slept in there. I thought he wouldn't move at all today.
I soaked him anyways and tried to feed him some greens. He barely ate and I was already worried, but left him be. When I went to look a little later he was munching his greens. So I sat down to watch him and he went into his hide. Grml. So I left again and 5 mins later was over his greens again. So mean, I want to watch. Sorry for the rant, but I just had to tell someone.
Now here are some pictures:
These are the pictures from the seller (the ones written "No. 2" on them).
You can see grim little faces on his plastron.
I see three (a Skullface in the middle!). Also a reason I picked him.
The last three are pics I took.
I'll post more and better pictures, but didn't want to stress the little guy too much today.
